Music Meets Academia at the Gelman Library
Washington’s reputation as a glossy, suited-up political mecca often overshadows its thriving music scenes. The light guitar strumming of folk, the screaming, thunderous vocals of punk rock and the percussion-driven rhythms of go-go showcase just a few of the city’s endemic sounds—and George Washington University Professor of Music Kip Lornell is out to prove there are a lot more in D.C. that need to be heard.
That’s why he partnered with university librarian Tina Plottel, B.A. ’93, and other members of the GW community to form “Hear In D.C: Vernacular Music in the Nation’s Capital,” an archive that turns up the volume on Washington’s music history.
Read the full article from GW Today.